Following a production of a stage play, 'Nelson's Enchantress', there were protests in Parliament about showing contempt for a national hero: see the extract from Hansard below:
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/comm ... stage-play
and a picture of the actors:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VICTORIAN-THEATRE ... otohosting
It might be amusing to read the script that caused such uproar.
[For overseas readers: 'Hansard' is the edited, daily, verbatim reports of proceedings in Parliament.]
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-of ... ansard.htm